Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg

Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg (8 July 1830-6 July 1911) was the wife of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich of Russia and the mother of Olga Constantinovna of Russia.

Biography
Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg was born in Altenburg, Saxe-Altenburg on 8 July 1830, the daughter of Duke Joseph of Saxe-Altenburg and Amelia of Wurttemberg. Alexandra was known for her high spirit and her conservative views, and she married Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia in 1846. The couple's divergent political views and Konstantin's preoccupation with his reforms of the Imperial Russian Navy led to the two having an unhappy marriage, and Konstantin later took several mistresses. Her husband died in 1892, and Alexandra died in St. Petersburg in 1911.